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Director: Matt Cimber
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From Time Out Film Guide
A blatant vehicle for much-hyped sex symbol Zadora, who looks less like a backwoods baby doll than an ageing Barbie doll, and whose millionaire husband funded the film. Co-starring Keach as the long-lost Daddy who can't keep his hands off her, this is less an adaptation of James M Cain's novel than a grotesque parody of Tennessee Williams, and by the time the plot reaches its incest trial climax it is close to open farce, despite a pleasing cameo from Welles as the judge.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: Matt Cimber
Producer: Matt Cimber
Cast: Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton, Edward Albert, Stuart Whitman, Ed McMahon, June Lockhart, James Franciscus full cast
Duration: 108 mins
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